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Peer reviewedWhitin, David J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
The author analyzes his 11-year-old daughter's investigation of patterns in multiplication. In an investigation initiated herself, Becca generates hypotheses, discovers patterns, asks questions, and discards procedures that do not produce desired results. Providing a classroom environment that values questioning is a key recommendation. (MLN)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Schools Council, London (England). – 1969
Mathematics in the primary schools is discussed. This bulletin puts forth some suggestions to assist individual teachers in reaching their own decisions about changes and developments in the curriculum. The bulletin is divided into nine chapters. Two factors described in Chapter 1 and 2 support views expressed in the introduction. First, the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Arithmetic, Bulletins, Children
